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Stan Meresman Profile: Linkedin.com/in/stanmeresman (updated 7/9/2024) |
Retired Stan Meresman was
a professional Independent Director, Audit Committee Chair, advisor &
mentor. He advised CEOs & CFOs on preparing to become a public reporting
company, IPO process, operating as a public company, and scaling the growth of
the company, and governance. He is a "financial expert” as defined by the
SEC rules. Formerly a Board Member and Chair of Audit Committee at DoorDash
(DASH), Snap (SNAP), Cloudflare (NET), Guardant Health (GH), Medallia (MDLA), LinkedIn (LNKD), Palo Alto Networks (PANW); and Zynga (ZNGA).
Stan had been General
Partner and COO of Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV), a venture capital firm focused on late-stage growth
technology companies.
Stan was a past CFO
for ten years of two NYSE-listed companies: Silicon Graphics (SGI) where
revenue grew to $4 billion, and Cypress Semiconductor (CY) which he took
public.
As a board member and
Chair of the Audit Committee, he has had board oversight responsibility for
taking nine companies public (DoorDash, Cloudflare, Snap, Guardant Health, Medallia, LinkedIn, Zynga, Riverbed Technology, Polycom).
Stan received his MBA
from the Stanford Graduate School of Business; and
B.S. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from the University of
California, Berkeley.
Stan has been active
with his time in giving back to the community as past president of the board of
Financial Executives Institute (Silicon Valley), Family Service Mid-Peninsula
(Palo Alto), Monterey Peninsula Country Club (MPCC), Carmel Sunset Community
Center (SCC), and board member of Castilleja School (Palo Alto). He is
currently on the board of The Panetta Institute for Public Policy.
Stan is enjoying time
traveling, and spending time with family and friends.